Wednesday 28 June 2023

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I include things in the UK, especially in or near London, as well as online talks and workshops.

Now to 10 July; A Bestiary of Austin Osman Spare art exhibition. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum and The Last Tuesday Society, 11 Mare Street, London, E8 4RP. https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Now - Saturday 8 July; Don't Keep The Wicker Man Waiting. Exhibition celebrating 50 Years of the British cult horror film. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. Exhibition open Monday-Saturday noon - 6pm. https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/thewickerman

Now to Friday 30 June; Tremulations, an exhibition with the premiere of Mark Leckey’s first virtual reality work: The Bridge, curated by Daniel Birnbaum and Jacqui Davies. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way WC1A 2TH. Open Mondays-Fridays 10.30am-5pm. Tickets free but book in advance; £3 for the VR experience. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tremulations-tickets-594569622747

Now to July; Exhibition: Envisioning Egypt via The Egypt Exploration Society. Venue: 3 Doughty Mews, London, WC1N 2PG. https://www.ees.ac.uk/

Now to 30 July; Labyrinth - Knossos, Myth and Reality. Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Full price tickets £15.30. https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/labyrinth-knossos-myth-reality

Now - 13 August; Luxury and Power - Persia to Greece exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £15/free for members. https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Every Wednesday and Friday; Open Days at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free, just pop in. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 28 June (every Wednesday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of the Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Wednesday 28 June; Storytelling with shamanic practitioner Sarah Mooney. Venue: Dulwich Library, 358 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, London SE22 8NB. Time: 6.15pm. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/events-culture-and-heritage/55626/61499/sarah-mooney

Wednesday 28 June and 5 July; Success vs Self-sabotage in Magic. Two-session online workshop with Mark Vincent Smith, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 28 June (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 28 June; New Witches' Club - Beginners to Witchcraft. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Wednesday 28 June;  Sacred Earth Activism Monthly Gathering. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-monthly-gathering-tickets-502764932447

Wednesday 28 June; Sámi Gods and Mythical Creatures. Talk by Lena Heide-Brennand on  Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday 28 June (last Wednesday every month); Summer Solstice. Hertford Pagan Moot. Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, Hertford. Time: 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047

Thursday 29 June; Morning Meditation. Free online event via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/?

Thursday 29 June; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 29 June; Author Talk: Holy Waters - Searching for the Sacred in a Glass by Tom Morton. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 29 June; Magical Mugwort Foraging Trip. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £45.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday 29 June (every Thursday); Talk on a paranormal subject for ASSAP members. Time: 7pm. Free event, with Zoom link details emailed out to members. To join ASSAP, for £5 per year, visit https://assap.ac.uk/

Thursday 29 June; Left-Hand Path Tantra. Online workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 29 June; Shamanic Drumming and Healing. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £26. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Thursday 29 June; Salon for the City No.104: Pagan London. In-person talk by historian Robert Stephenson via Antique Beat. Includes a visit to the Wickerman exhibition. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD. Tme: 7pm. Tickets: Admission: £8/£10  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/antique-beat-30320437690

Thursday 29 June; Keening or Ritual Lament in the Scottish Highlands. Talk by Domhnall Stiùbhart on  Zoom through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 30 June; Water Alchemy Oracle. A Workshop with Alexandra Wenman. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £15. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 30 June; Author Talk: On Alchemy by Brian Cotnoir. Free online event via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5.30pm. https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Friday 30 June (and other dates); Mind, Body Restore Online Yoga. Time: 6.15pm. Free online event. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Friday 30 June; An Evening with the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, with Simon Costin. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 30 June; Return to Ritual Cacao Ceremony. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 30 June; Summer Energy Aromatherapy. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Friday 30 June; June Sacred singing in the Temple. Venue: Hildegard's Garden (private address in London). Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/762257972268354/?

Friday 30 June;  Philosophy Café - Online and in-person (London). Hosted by Phil via Light in London. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/events/294396949/

Friday 30 June; Living Water. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1. Time: 7pm. Tickets by donation https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/

Friday 30 June (and other dates); Online Meditation Session. Time: Time: 7.30pm. Free online event, but donations welcome. https://www.meetup.com/freestuffandfreeevents/

Saturday, 1 July; Glastonbury Wytches’ Market. Venue: Glastonbury Town Hall, Magdalene St, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9EL. Starts 10am. https://www.facebook.com/events/546102847423766/

Saturday, 1 July; Learn Light Language. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday, 1 July; Kabbalah and Healing Rev. A one-day workshop  Maggy Whitehouse, author of Total Kabbalah. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 11am. Tickets: £50. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Saturday, 1 July, Womens Healing Circle and Picnic Social - Theme: "Gifts of the Mother". Organised by South London Womens Circles and Healing Space. Venue in Tooting, South London. Time: 11.45am. Tickets:   £22 https://www.meetup.com/south-london-womens-circles/events/

Saturday, 1 July;  Satanic Flea Market - Midsummer Fayre. Venue: Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ. Time: noon. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/events/206255515448614

Saturday, 1 July; The Gatekeeper. Start of online 2-session class with Itzhak Beery via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £105. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 1 July; Past Life Regression. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 2 July; Introduction to Menstrual Cycle Awareness; Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 10.30am. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 2 July (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11.30am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 2 - 14 July; Exhibition of art by Rebecca Jo Lesley. Venue: Downstairs gallery, CASS ART Islington, 66-67 Colebrooke Row, London. Open during shop hours.  https://www.facebook.com/cassartislington

Sunday 2 July; Hands-on with the Tarot Cards - In-person workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell's, London, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS. Time: noon. Tickets: £100. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 2 July; I'll be at Beckenham Book Festival 2023 with a stall of my books, and I'll be giving a short talk on witchcraft and the Wheel of the Year as part of the afternoon's activities. Venue: The Coach and Horses, Burnhill Rd, Beckenham BR3 3LA. Time: 1pm to 6pm. Entry is completely free. Just turn up.

Sunday 2 July; Circle Singing in Nature. Venue: Springfield Park, London  E5 9EF. Time: 20pm. Tickets £10. https://circlesinginglondon.wixsite.com/project/popups?

Sunday 2 July; Psychic Tarot Reading Circle. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets: £38. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Sunday 2 July; Storytelling Co-Operative with London Dreamtime. Venue: Pullens Centre (Green door) 184 Crampton St SE17 3LL. Time: 3pm. Tickets  Free. https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 2 July (first Sunday of the month); Woodspirits in July (Midsummer). Meet at Cheshunt station before walking to Lee Valley Park. Time: 3pm. Free in-person event for members of Woodspirits group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 2 July; Woodland Bard Online - Summer Special. Event by Walkwithtrees. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £8. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jonathon-huet-at-walk-with-trees-30650264428

Sunday 2 July (every Sunday); 30-Minute Mindfulness for people of all beliefs. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 2 July; Crystal Sound Bath and Meditation. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £28. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Monday 3 July; Developing the Intuitive Mind. Start of 6-week online evening class with Maria Antoniou via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £175. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 3 July; Choleric Bile and Fire - Elemental Four Humours Class. Online talk with Rebecca Beattie, author of The Wheel of the Year, via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 3 July; Monthly Full Moon Women's Circle. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £27.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Monday 3 July; Some Recently Named Trans Neptunian Objects with Zsuzsanna Griga;  The Female Asteroids in Your Chart (1) with Jessica Adams. Two online talks on astrology via the Astrological Lodge of London.  Time: 7pm and 8pm. Tickets £12 each talk for non members. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 3 July; Full Moon Ceremony and Magic by the Thames with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Meet by the Millennium Bridge, · London. Time: 8pm. Tickets £5. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/

Monday 3 July; Moon Space - SLC's cosmic cyber circle with Tree Carr. Online via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 3 July; Full Moon Sound Ceremony. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Monday 3 July; Drum Healing. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Monday 3 July; Full Moon Celeration with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, London. Time: 7.30pm. Free, bring food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/events/320882586928930/

Monday 3 July (every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/

Tuesday 4 - 6 July; Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global Environments Conference. Venue: Falmouth University, Cornwall.  Tickets: Full fee £150, Unwaged £95. https://darkeconomies.co.uk/haunted-landscapes/?

Tuesday 4 July;  A Brief History of Burial Grounds. Online talk by Dr Helen Frisby via the Folklore Society. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 4 July; Full Moon Peace Fires. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for 10 minutes or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free.  http://peacefires.org/

Tuesday 4 July; Full Moon Circle. Venue: She's Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Tuesday 4 July (first Tuesday each month);  The Role of Narrative and Mythology in Magic. Talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7pm. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381

Tuesday 4 July; Angels and Demons. Start of 3-week online evening class with Julian Vayne via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 4 July (tbc but usually first Tuesday each month); The Witches' Inn Moot. Venue: Halt and Pull pub, Horley. Time: 8pm. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437

Wednesday 5 July; Exploring Garden Herbs and how to grow them from scratch. Workshop by Core Landscapes. Venue: 1 St Barnabas Terrace, London E9 6DJ. Time: 2pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-garden-herbs-how-to-grow-them-from-scratch-tickets-625269747647

Wednesday 5 July (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Thursday 6 July; Author Talk - Initiation into Dream Mysteries by Sarah Janes. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 6 July; Living the Runes through Summer. Online class with Andre Henriques via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 6 July; Queerying Occultures - Launch party for Phil Hine's new book. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £16 including a copy of the book, free if no book is required.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 6 July;  Shroom Magic. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 7 July; What is Nature? Free online seminar with Rudolf Steiner - Spiritual Science, Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Friday 7 July; An Evening of Mediumship with Q and A with Anthony Kesner. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £24. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 7 July; The Womb Rules. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Friday 7 July; Embody Your Masculine Energy - for all genders. Venue: Fire and Alchemy Spiritual Sanctuary, 52 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £33. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-alchemy-58665271283

Saturday, 8 July; Tarot and Your Psychic Ability. One-day workshop with Avril Price. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 10am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 July. Journey to the Dark Goddess. Workshop with author Jane Meredith (non-residential weekend course). Venue in Sheffield. Starts 10am. Cost - £170, £145 concession  http://www.janemeredith.com/

Saturday, 8 July;  Ancient Metalworking Workshop. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm. Hampshire, P08. Time 10am. Tickets: £90. https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on

Saturday, 8 July; Florence Farr and the Magical Imagination - Conference with talks and featuring a rare ritual reading of 'The Shrine of the Golden Hawk'. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Tube: Doors open noon.  Tickets  £35. https://www.sueterryacademic.com/courses-events 

Saturday, 8 July; Unlock Your Innate Creative Abilities. Workshop with Geoffrey Beitz. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £80. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday, 8 July; Crystal Magic. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/

Saturday, 8 July;  London Witches Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet outside Farringdon tube Station, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £16.50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 9 July; Suffolk Pagan and Alternative Summer Fayre Earth Spirit Event. Venue: New Green Community Centre, Thurston, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 3TG. Time: 10.30am.  Entry £2 on the door or from www.earthspiritevents.co.uk

Sunday 9 July; Orpington Alternative Market. Venue: Priory Gardens, Church Hill, Orpington BR6 0HH. Time: 11am - 4pm. Free to enter. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063523864168

Sunday 9 July; Expand and Trust Your Psychic Senses. One-day workshop with Jeremy Turner-Welch. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 9 July (tbc but usually second Sunday of the month); Luna Iter Ritual. In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm (tbc), moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £8. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154

For details of events after Sunday 9 July 2023 please look at my events page: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/p/online-events.html

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events except my talk and stall at Beckenham Book Festival. Contact the organisers directly if you have any questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical protection, this is *not* medical advice.  If you know an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

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